Source: Daily_Mail
Charlie Adam shows why he's the darling as Blackpool star shines against Manchester United
Charlie Adam was asked for one last hurrah by Ian Holloway and, well, on a night like this where do you start? [LNB]Adam began by doing what he always does kissing the tattoo of his son Jack on his forearm then set about demonstrating why Liverpool so want him and why they will have to pay upwards of £6million to force this transfer through the window.[LNB]Adam's delivery of a transfer request on Monday morning was expected to be his most significant contribution of the week, but that was in question from the first minutes at an enthralled Bloomfield Road. [LNB]Again it was the 25-year-old Scot's delivery that caught the attention. In the first half alone, Adam did enough to justify Holloway's decision to not only play him but keep him as captain. [LNB] Doubling up: Darron Gibson (left) and Darren Fletcher (right) keep Charlie Adam under wraps[LNB]What was Adam's best moment then? The first laser-beam corner headed in by Craig Cathcart? The second corner nodded in by DJ Campbell? What about that little nick on Paul Scholes on 17 minutes that showed a combative nature? [LNB]It was probably none of these because in the 36th minute Adam's nutmeg on his Scotland colleague Darren Fletcher revealed that dash of imagination that all players want the confidence to display. [LNB]Charlie Adam was in his element. Only when Ryan Giggs arrived at the interval, did the night's focus change. [LNB]Until then, you simply could not escape Adam. He was on the back of the Gazette, he was on the front of the programme, he was leading the Tangerines out and shaking hands with his opposite number, Nemanja Vidic.[LNB]Last showing? Charlie Adam submitted a transfer request[LNB]And yet escape, Adam's escape from Bloomfield Road, remains a theme this morning. It feels as if we are into the last hours of a choreographed modern transfer.[LNB]It begins with desire. Surreptitious calls follow, then media speculation, official bids, public and private haggling and in the case of Darren Bent and Adam in the past week a transfer request is submitted. [LNB]That speeds up a process that can get complicated. It means players forfeit signing on fees or 'loyalty bonuses'. It also means that everybody knows where they stand.[LNB]So now it's about a fee. Should Liverpool raise their initial £4m offer to £6m plus an incentive such as a loan player from Anfield then Kenny Dalglish will have his man about a decade after Dalglish tried to sign the Dundee schoolboy for Celtic.[LNB]A curiosity in all of this is that the man representing Adam is called Kenny too Kenny Moyes, brother of the Everton manager David. [LNB]Unfortunately for Moyes, David Dalglish, Kenny has more money to offer Moyes, Kenny. [LNB]'Charlie has handed in a transfer request. He wants to go to Liverpool and I wouldn't want to stand in his way,' Holloway told the Gazette. [LNB]'If they pay me a decent amount of money, then away we go. In fact, I think they are mad not to buy him off us. They haven't replaced Xabi Alonso and they need someone like Charlie. They haven't got that passer. Charlie is their man.' [LNB]And Giggs is United's.[LNB] Blackpool 2 Manchester United 3: Dimitar Berbatov to the rescue as Red Devils seal another comebackBlackpool chief Oyston blasts Liverpool for their pursuit of wantaway skipper Adam All the latest Blackpool news, features and opinion[LNB] Explore more:People: Darren Fletcher, Darren Bent, Ian Holloway, Nemanja Vidic, Ryan Giggs, Xabi Alonso, Kenny Dalglish, Charlie Adam Places: Liverpool, Scotland
